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HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

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Demonstrates a working SOAP 1.1 request and response using POST with a live server. You may try running this example with the URLs and data provided. See http://secure.smartbearsoftware.com/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx?WSDL for details

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkXmlW soapXml;
    HCkHttpRequestW req;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    HCkXmlW xmlResponse;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
    // to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Generate the following XML:

    // <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:smar="http://smartbear.com">
    //    <soapenv:Header/>
    //    <soapenv:Body>
    //       <smar:HelloWorld/>
    //    </soapenv:Body>
    // </soapenv:Envelope>

    soapXml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_putTag(soapXml,L"soapenv:Envelope");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(soapXml,L"xmlns:soapenv",L"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
    CkXmlW_AddAttribute(soapXml,L"xmlns:smar",L"http://smartbear.com");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(soapXml,L"soapenv:Header",L"");
    CkXmlW_UpdateChildContent(soapXml,L"soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld",L"");

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(soapXml));

    req = CkHttpRequestW_Create();
    CkHttpRequestW_putHttpVerb(req,L"POST");
    CkHttpRequestW_putSendCharset(req,FALSE);
    CkHttpRequestW_AddHeader(req,L"Content-Type",L"text/xml; charset=utf-8");
    CkHttpRequestW_AddHeader(req,L"SOAPAction",L"http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld");
    CkHttpRequestW_putPath(req,L"/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx");
    success = CkHttpRequestW_LoadBodyFromString(req,CkXmlW_getXml(soapXml),L"utf-8");

    CkHttpW_putFollowRedirects(http,TRUE);

    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpSReq(http,L"secure.smartbearsoftware.com",443,TRUE,req,resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkXmlW_Dispose(soapXml);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    xmlResponse = CkXmlW_Create();
    success = CkXmlW_LoadXml(xmlResponse,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xmlResponse));

    // A successful XML response:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    //     <soap:Body>
    //         <HelloWorldResponse xmlns="http://smartbear.com">
    //             <HelloWorldResult>Hello World</HelloWorldResult>
    //         </HelloWorldResponse>
    //     </soap:Body>
    // </soap:Envelope>


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(soapXml);
    CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xmlResponse);

    }